A garbage truck slammed into a woman as she crossed a Brooklyn street Monday, seriously injuring her, cops said.

The 78-year-old victim was walking across 18th Ave. near E. 4th St. in Kensington just before 11 a.m. when the driver of a MIST Enterprise dump truck, while making a left turn onto 18th Ave., struck her, police said.

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Witnesses watched in horror as the victim was pinned underneath the truck's left wheel.

"She was screaming. Her flesh was ripped open. Her left leg was smashed," said one resident who didn't want to be identified. "It was devastating to see that."

The truck driver stayed at the scene and passed a breathlyzer test, according to witnesses. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)

Medics rushed the victim to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was in serious but stable condition.

A small pool of blood remained on the asphalt where she had been hit.

The truck driver stayed at the scene and passed a breathalyzer test, according to witnesses.

The victim was pinned underneath the truck’s left wheel. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)

A representative for MIST Enterprise interceded when a reporter approached the driver as he sat on a nearby stoop.

"He can't talk right now. He's not feeling good," the company rep said.

An employee at the MIST Enterprise office in Brooklyn hung up when the Daily News called for comment.

NYPD officers investigate the scene where the woman was critically injured. (Jeff Bachner/for New York Daily News)

No charges were immediately filed.

The truck in Monday's crash has been cited five times since 2016 for failing to stop at a red light, according to city records.

In the past two years, MIST Enterprises has been involved in two crashes that resulted in injuries, federal records show.